China Seas (1935 film)
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| China Seas | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Tay Garnett |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg Albert Lewin |
| Written by | Crobie Garstin (book) James Kevin McGuinness Jules Furthman |
| Starring | Clark Gable Jean Harlow Wallace Beery Lewis Stone Rosalind Russell Robert Benchley |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Editing by | William LeVanway |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |  August 9, 1935 (premiere)August 16 (wide)  January 19, 1936 January 24 |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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China Seas is a 1935 film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as an onboard floozy, and Wallace Beery as an extremely suspicious-looking character. The oceangoing epic also features Lewis Stone and Rosalind Russell, while humorist Robert Benchley memorably portrays a character reeling drunk from one end of the film to the other. The lavish MGM epic was written by James Kevin McGuinness and Jules Furthman from the book by Crosbie Garstin, and directed by Tay Garnett. This is one of the very few sound films with Beery in which he didn't receive top billing.
[edit] Cast
- Clark Gable as Alan Gaskell
- Jean Harlow as Dolly "China Doll" Portland
- Wallace Beery as Jamesy McArdle
- Lewis Stone as Tom Davids
- Rosalind Russell as Sybil Barclay
- Dudley Digges as Dawson
- C. Aubrey Smith as Guy Wilmerding
- Robert Benchley as Charlie McCaleb
- Akim Tamiroff as Paul Romanoff
